FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 record photo, Michael Caine poses for photographers during a photograph telephone for the movie Youth, astatine the 68th planetary movie festival, Cannes, confederate France. The planetary movie festival returns to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary aft 2 years owed to a hold caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The 55th variation of the fest volition grant English Oscar-winning English histrion Michael Caine for his outstanding publication to satellite cinema astatine its commencement connected Friday, Aug, 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2015 record photo, Michael Caine poses for photographers during a photograph telephone for the movie Youth, astatine the 68th planetary movie festival, Cannes, confederate France. The planetary movie festival returns to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary aft 2 years owed to a hold caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The 55th variation of the fest volition grant English Oscar-winning English histrion Michael Caine for his outstanding publication to satellite cinema astatine its commencement connected Friday, Aug, 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

PRAGUE – The planetary movie festival is returning to the Czech spa of Karlovy Vary aft it was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The 55th variation of the festival volition grant Oscar-winning British histrion Michael Caine for his outstanding publication to satellite cinema astatine its commencement connected Friday night.

Caine won 2 Academy Awards for champion supporting roles successful “Hannah and Her Sisters” successful 1987 and “The Cider House Rules” successful 2000.

He volition besides contiguous “Best Sellers” (2021), a drama successful which helium stars, astatine the festival.

Organizers volition besides grant U.S. actor, manager and writer Ethan Hawke.

Actor Johnny Depp volition contiguous 2 movies helium produced: “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan” and “Minamata."

Depp's planned beingness astatine Karlovy Vary and a determination by the The San Sebastian International Film Festival successful Spain to grant the histrion its highest grant successful September person been criticized by British home maltreatment charities.

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Last year, Depp mislaid a libel lawsuit against a British paper that accused him of home violence, with a justice ruling the allegations were “substantially correct.”

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival runs done Aug. 28 nether strict conditions for the visitors, who indispensable screen their look with a prime respirator. They besides request to beryllium vaccinated, oregon person recovered from Covid-19 oregon person tested antagonistic for the coronavirus.

The festival’s expansive assemblage volition see 12 movies for the apical prize, the Crystal Globe.

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